In a groove

The short story "In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa was made into a movie called Rashomon. The movie and the short story share both similarities and differences. The story starts out with the woodcutter's statement and how he was walking in the woods. The movie however starts out like the short story Rashomon which opens with people sitting under a big gate. The movie then goes into telling the different statements from various characters. In …

…was still expressed. That point is the fact that people tell lies and sometimes it is hard to figure out who is lying and who is telling the truth, which I totally understand from past experiences. The movie I can honestly say was better than the book. I understood the story more because I got to see what was going on and I picked up on things that I missed while reading the short story.